It's the equivalent of pleading the 5th amendment, claiming that the Plaintiff's case has no merit therefore not worthy of response. This way, the defendant(s) don't make any claims or present anything in their defense giving the court the opportunity to dismiss the case for lack of merit while not further incriminating the defendant(s).
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Yup. The inference was that the case was so weak they did not even need to respond seriously.
That was on the side of the defendants. The 385 or so congresspeople plus Pence, whose attorney inexplicably did not follow through with his / her right to respond.
what does this mean? a replies i received:
It's the equivalent of pleading the 5th amendment, claiming that the Plaintiff's case has no merit therefore not worthy of response. This way, the defendant(s) don't make any claims or present anything in their defense giving the court the opportunity to dismiss the case for lack of merit while not further incriminating the defendant(s). ~~ Yup. The inference was that the case was so weak they did not even need to respond seriously.
My understanding is that the SC accepted the case.
do u know what this means? "Waiver of United States of right to respond? filed by court 11/23 -- https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docket.aspx?Search=22-380
That was on the side of the defendants. The 385 or so congresspeople plus Pence, whose attorney inexplicably did not follow through with his / her right to respond.
got it thx